A 100 kg football linebacker moving at 2 m/s tackles head-on an 80 kg halfback running 3 m/s. Neglecting the effects due to digging in of cleats

A) this is a simple example of an elastic collision.
B) the linebacker will drive the halfback backward.
C) neither player will drive the other backward.
D) the halfback will drive the linebacker backward.


D

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